During this episode of Why Change? co-hosts Ashraf and Jeff share their most recent adventures. Ashraf interviews David Holland and Randy Engstrom about a recent “Creative Vitality Summit” and interrogates the role of young creatives in the future of the creative economy. Jeff and Ashraf discuss the implications of this work, reclaiming the terminology, and the power in ceding power.
In this episode you’ll learn:
New perspectives to view a once-capitalist “creative economy;”
How young creatives are helping to shape the future of the sector;
How adults can share or cede power to youth decision-makers in the creative economy.
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Please download the transcript here.
ABOUT DAVID HOLLAND
The deputy director at WESTAF. Since joining WESTAF, he has co-directed the inaugural Creative Vitality™ Summit; authored “Creative Economies and Economic Recovery;” co-led the redesign of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Performing Arts Discovery program in collaboration with regional and national partners; established the Western Arts Advocacy Network; collaborated on developing new equity-focused relief grantmaking programs in the West and the Northern Mariana Islands; spearheaded WESTAF’s Arts and the Rural West and Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminars; and secured private and public investment for WESTAF’s programs. Holland’s prior roles include leadership and senior management positions with the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation, VCU School of the Arts, ART 180, the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Arts & Business, and the UK innovation foundation Nesta. Holland began his career with BOP Consulting, a global consultancy on culture and the creative industries, leading projects for public agencies, universities, and international organizations as a senior consultant. For more than 12 years, he has also offered his services as an independent management consultant, working primarily in the arts and culture field internationally. Across these roles, Holland has done everything from evaluating an over $100 million national arts education program to researching and writing content for a newsletter for a global cultural leaders network to leading a capital campaign for a new creative youth development center to developing new institutes and centers in a leading art school.
ABOUT RANDY ENGSTROM
Randy Engstrom has been a passionate advocate and organizer of cultural and community development for over 15 years. He is currently the owner and principal of Third Way Creative, a consulting practice focused on cultural policy, racial equity, and creative economy. He is also Adjunct Faculty at the Seattle University Arts Leadership Program where he teaches cultural policy, advocacy, and resource development. Most recently he served as Director of the Office of Arts and Culture for the City of Seattle where he expanded their investments in granting programs and Public Art, while establishing new programs and policies in arts education, cultural space affordability, and racial equity. He served on the Seattle Arts Commission from 2005-2011, serving on e year as Chair. Previously he served as the Founding Director of the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, a multimedia/multidisciplinary community space that offers youth and community member’s access to arts, technology, and cultural resources. Prior to Youngstown, Randy spent 3 years as the Founding CEO of Static Factory Media, an artist development organization that owned and operated a record label, bar/performance venue, graphic design house, recording studio, and web development business. In 2009 Randy received the Emerging Leader Award from Americans for the Arts and was one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. He is a graduate of the Evergreen State College in Olympia, and he received his Executive Master’s in Public Administration at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Governance and Public Policy.
WHERE TO FIND DAVID AND RANDY:
Linkedin: @davidcoryholland
Twitter: @randyengstrom
Instagram: @ThirdWayCreative
This episode of Why Change? A Podcast for the Creative Generation was powered by Creative Generation. It was produced and edited by Daniel Stanley. Artwork by Bridget Woodbury. Music by Distant Cousins.